Bad Bat and the "Sour Ade"

A Level 2 “Bad Bat” Story

(learning: ou,
ow and oo, and the fact that they
can make ow, oe and oo sounds. Level 2)

It was a very hot day, so Camilla
and Molly were making lemonade.

They needed four glasses full: one for
each of them, one for their brother Hal, plus one for Hal’s friend Ian
who lived next door.

They squeezed the lemons and poured the
juice into a pitcher. They added water and ice. They took
out the sugar bowl, but did not pour
any sugar into the lemonade yet. First, they went to get the four
glasses, which were in the next room.

In flew Bad Bat.

Bad Bat found the lemonade. He had never
had lemonade before, but knew that he would
not like it. So he decided to spoil it for the others. He poured
the sugar into the garbage and filled the sugar bowl
with salt.

Then he flew outside of the room
to watch what the children would do. He stood
on the woodpile to get a better view.

Camilla and Molly came back into the room.
They poured the salt (which they thought
was sugar) into the lemonade.

Then they poured four
glasses full.

In came Hal and Ian. They all raised their glasses and took
a long drink.

“Eww!” said Molly.

“Yuck!” howled Ian.

“Bleh!” said Hal. “This lemonade is too
sour.”

Molly knew who and what had caused the trouble.
“Bad Bat has replaced the sugar with salt,” she said.

They looked out the window
and saw Bad Bat on the woodpile. They all
shouted, “You
are a bad bat!”

By the time they looked back, Camilla
had finished her lemonade.

“I like this lemonade,” she said. “Molly, can I drink your
lemonade, too?”

Ian said, “It is not lemonade without
sugar. It’s too sour.
I think we should call it Sour
Ade.

Not The End.

Later, Bad Bat flew back into the house.
There was still a glass of Sour Ade on the
table. He tried some… and liked it!